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Alcohol and HRV:  What an evening of wine did to my sleep

Alcohol and HRV: What an evening of wine did to my sleep

by Alison Anandi Francis | Oct 6, 2026 | Blog, Sleep Tips

Most evenings I don't drink. Some evenings I do — a birthday, a dinner with friends, a long table where sharing an organic bottle from one of the local wineries with people I love is part of the pleasure. Recently I compared two nights on my WHOOP — one after an...
People Pleasing Exhaustion: Why Your System Never Comes Off Duty

People Pleasing Exhaustion: Why Your System Never Comes Off Duty

by Alison Anandi Francis | Sep 30, 2026 | Blog, Sleep Tips

There is a kind of tiredness that sleep does not touch. You go to bed early. You do everything you are supposed to do. You wake at 3am anyway, or you sleep eight hours and wake feeling as though you have been at work the whole night. If that is familiar, it is worth...
Low-Grade Anxiety and Sleep: The Worry Keeping You Awake

Low-Grade Anxiety and Sleep: The Worry Keeping You Awake

by Alison Anandi Francis | Aug 25, 2026 | Blog, Sleep Tips

There is a particular kind of worry that does not arrive in a crisis. It does not spike, it does not announce itself, and it does not resolve. It simply exists, a background hum in the system that you have been carrying for so long you have stopped calling it worry....
Why the Practice of Silence Calms the Nervous System

Why the Practice of Silence Calms the Nervous System

by Alison Anandi Francis | Aug 15, 2026 | Blog, Meditation, Sleep Tips

Most people don’t run out of things to say. They run out of the energy it takes to keep responding, reading the room, softening what they say, reassuring someone before they’ve even asked, staying alert to what the moment needs from them. By the end of an...
Why Your Sleep Won’t Improve Until Your Lifestyle Does

Why Your Sleep Won’t Improve Until Your Lifestyle Does

by Alison Anandi Francis | Aug 3, 2026 | Blog, Sleep Tips

Most people who come to me have already tried a lot of things, the don't realise always the lifestyle and sleep quality are intimately connected. A different pillow. Magnesium. A sleep app. Cutting caffeine after noon. Some of it helped a little. But the sleep never...
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